About Brian Wright

Hello, I'm Brian Wright, the proprietor and chief content provider to this Web opinion and review site. The Coffee Coaster (thecoffeecoaster.com) has been around since late 2006, and in early 2012 I finally decided to give the site a major makeover with this Wordpress implementation. My views are 'wholistic libertarian,' meaning focused on the spiritual--I like to use the word: essentual--evolution we will need, individually, in order to reach the New Paradigm of peace, freedom, and abundance. Let's help one another in the process.

Brian’s Column: Rethinking Libertarian Party Strategy:1

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Brian Wright

… in an Era of Federal Government Torture, War Crimes, and Gross Treason

Just watched the Frank Capra classic 1939 movie, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington—nominated for 12 Oscars, starring Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur—and I’m thinking, “Boy, the writers sure nailed this baby, nothing’s changed in 75 years but the hair styles!” The movie depicts a boys’ organization leader (Stewart) who by fluke is selected by a governor to fill the vacancy in the US Senate due to the death of the elected senator. The whole state, including the governor, the other senator, and all major businesses and news outlets are run by a Mafia-like political boss ‘Taylor’ played by Edward Arnold. Continue reading →

Book Review: Goldie: A Lotus Grows in the Mud (2005)

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Brian Wright

by Goldie Hawn (with Wendy Holden)
Reviewed by Brian Wright
2005, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 446 pages

Goldie I picked up from a lady friend in Okemos, Michigan, who has always been a book person… and a fan of Goldie Hawn: entertainer, actress, producer, director, and human person seeking enlightenment, in no particular order.

It’s a nice respite from heavier fare, the sort of nonfiction I’m constantly drawn to dealing with the freedom movement and the eternal search for justice. Goldie Jean Hawn (her real name) was born in Washington DC, and grew up in a suburb of DC, Takoma Park, Maryland. She took dance lessons early and became quite accomplished in ballet, then in drama school, worked as a dancer, and found her way into TV and the entertainment business. Most of us remember her goofy “dumb blond” act on the series Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. Continue reading →

Movie Review: They Live (1988)

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Brian Wright

Libertarian cult classic or just not so good? __ 6/10

Frank: I’ve walked a white line my entire life, I’m not about to screw that up.
Nada: White line’s in the middle of the road, that’s the worst place to drive.
Nada: Brother, life’s a bitch… and she’s back in heat.
Nada: I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubblegum.
Nada: Wooo. It’s like a drug. Wearing these glasses gets you high, but you come down hard.
Nada: [seeing a politician on TV for the first time (with his special sunglasses)] Ha, figures it’d be something like this. Continue reading →

Guest Column: A Declaration of Independence

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Brian Wright

by John McDermott for Veterans News Now, January 22, 2014

Editor’s Note: Mr. McDermott asked that I not condense or repost his column as one of my guest columns. Therefore, I have taken it down from my site, and am simply leaving a reference link to his original column for Veterans News Now (http://www.veteransnewsnow.com/2014/01/21/a-declaration-of-independence-in-virtual-congress/). I feel it is a marvelous statement of intent to obtain justice and independence from the criminal Cabal that currently runs the federal government. — Ed.

Brian’s Column: Michael Moore’s Letter…

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Brian Wright

… if he were a libertarian

This was first posted/penned on November 14, 2006, one of my very first Coffee Coaster columns. In the elections of that year, George Dubya’s administration suffered an apparent defeat at the polls, by persons deciding to elect more a*****e Democrats to Congress than a*****e Republicans. And Michael Moore put together a consolation letter to the Republican a*****es in the White House and nationwide. [I have now reached nearly the bottom of the barrel so to speak of my earlier columns that I’m not embarrassed to repost on the new WordPress plaftormed Coffee Coaster. So this will be an incentive to focus and schedule so that I can bring a fresh Brian’s column every Monday (or so).] Continue reading →

Book Review: A Farewell to Arms (1929)

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Brian Wright

by Ernest Hemingway
Review by Brian Wright

It’s been awhile since I’ve reviewed a new book, so I thought I’d break the ice with an old one—by the literary icon Ernest Hemingway. I remember reading Old Man and the Sea in high school and appreciating it, but not realizing of course why Hemingway was/is one of the greats. I just remember the essence of that grueling story: that perseverance is its own reward, that just because the external trappings of success are not present doesn’t mean a man doesn’t have what it takes. Continue reading →

Movie Review: Pay it Forward (2000)

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Brian Wright

Inspirational tale of cosmic cooperation __ 8/10

Trevor: Were you just being nice?
Eugene: About what?
Trevor: About my idea. Do you think it’s good, or were you just being teachery?
Eugene: “Teachery”?
Trevor: Bullshitting.
Eugene: Do I strike you as someone falsely nice?
Trevor: No. You’re not even really all that nice. Continue reading →